MoDot Director Backs Highway Funding Plan

By Larry Wright

CREATED Jan. 25, 2013

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        JEFFERSON CITY – Kevin Keith, director of the Missouri Department of

Transportation, issued the following statement this afternoon in response

to the funding proposal that was unveiled by Missouri Highways and

Transportation Commission Chairman Rudy Farber. Farber was speaking at the

2013 Missouri Conference on Transportation, co-sponsored by the Missouri

Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Farm Bureau.

        “We are excited the Commission has taken leadership in pursuing a

real solution to Missouri's transportation funding problems. We are also

very appreciative of the Legislature’s heightened awareness of the value of

transportation investment for our state. The Commission’s proposal could go

a long way toward creating jobs, making roads safer, reducing commuter

congestion and stimulating economic activity for a more competitive

Missouri.”